Dawson resists the elements

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IN AN age of uncertainty comes a reassuring sign. It is not right if the President’s Putter is played in balmy conditions — when the essential nature of this wonderful, sociably eccentric event can be understated — and yesterday, the first day of this year’s tournament, was as far from balmy as it could possibly be.

It was a day fit not even for the cat to be put out in. The wind gusted at more than 60mph and torrential squalls hit Rye and Littlestone with a rare viciousness. It was the wettest, windiest day in the recent memory of